US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Haiti on Thursday as Washington seeks to solidify the UN-backed security mission in the Caribbean country that has been ravaged by gang violence.
Blinken will meet with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille and the transition council before traveling to the Dominican Republic, Brian Nichols, US assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs said.
The United States and Canada have made the largest contributions to the force so far, Nichols said.
Gang wars have displaced more than 578 000 Haitians, while nearly 5 million, almost half the population of 11.7 million, are facing acute hunger, with 1.6 million of those people at risk of starvation, the United Nations says
Source: eNCA
In other news – Big Zulu’s diss track to be out tomorrow
Fans are eagerly waiting to see who Big Zulu will target in this latest release, as he has previously made headlines with his bold confrontations. The track is likely to stir up conversation and keep the local hip-hop community buzzing
. Big Zulu fired shots at most top SA rappers including AKA, Emtee, Cassper Nyovest, Kwesta, K.O and many others in the diss song which was out a couple of years ago – Though, he claimed the diss is for jokes. Read more
